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REAL NIWIPAPII
DURINO MI.
THE SOUTH NORWALK
EVENING SENTINEL
ESTABLISHED 1870
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Hill CliNiESl:
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Attorney llomer S. Cummings
Alleges Funds Were Solicited
From Several Corporations
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Customs Rebates Given to Salts
textile Company, Bridgeport
in .t brief filed with the ”house com
mlttm- on contested elections, in
Washington. Attorney Homer 5.
Cummings, of Stanford. representing
Jeremiah Donovan, makes a state»
int-tit concerning the recent hearings
Now that the briei of liorroian's
counsel has been filed. counsel for it).
'.I. llril have 30 days in which to lilc
an answer. Following the filing of the
answer. counsel for Donovan have iii
days to file a reply.
'lhe committee on contested elec
lions tlreti iiray decide the case upon
the papers filed; or may order
further inquiry and lrohl a hearing in
which they themselves will hear the
evidence.
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[iii hit in
Governor Whitman Declines to In—
terier‘e With the Carrying Out
of the Sentence
‘ ALBANY. N. i'.,
Schilildt. the former New York pi'tesi
convicted of murder in the first
grt‘l' for the death of Anna Auniuller
in New York
inns-t pay the penalty for his crime
in the electric chair in Sing Sing
prison during the week of February
'13, Governor Whitman last night de-
clitiFtI to interfere with the carrying
out of the sentence.
Schmidt was convicted at his second
trial and the court of appeals affirmed
illt' conviction. but called the atten-
fioti of the governor to the clairir
made by the man's attorneys that
'..\liss Anniuller died from the effects
of a criminal operation and that
» therefore Schmidt could be tried only
on a charge of manslaughter. The
executive granted Schmidt a respite of
30 days. in which lie investigated the
condemned man's claim.
Governor Whitman last night said
he had reviewed the medical testi-
iriony at Schmidt's trial and also had
had two physicians examine portions
of Miss Aunttiller's body that had been
{preserved at Cornell medical college.
ltitni. reported ttrat Schmidt's victim
had not. in their opinion. died from
ain- effects of a criminal operation.
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The dramatic reading of "Polly-
anna." by Miss Florence Iitedfteld, oi’
I;\'ew York. last evening. in the First
‘M. ii. church of South Norwalk. struck
a‘responsive chord in the hearts of a
large sized gathering. The simplicity
of‘ni‘anner of the reader was in entire
harmony with the temperature of the.
leading character “Pollyanna." Miss
Bedficld‘s ready transition from char-
acter to character peopled the plat-
form with the interesting creations
of Miss Porter. the authoress.
The Hit) y was purely imaginative.
. but so wet rendered was it that eyes
revere wet.
went
The spirit of the little
deep into many hearts.
irl
. has
fiVioia Cummings admirably presided
at the piano, playing during the inter-
missions. The young girls of Mrs.
.W. (i. Giftin’s Bible Class ofthe church
deserve credit for their successful
affair.
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lt‘eb. , io. rllans‘
de-t
iri . September, Itilti.‘
Only a Few Leif
WHO ARE NOT READ-
ERS OF THE SENTINEL.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE
Entered at the South Norwuk Poet
once as Second Clue fitter.
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916 Fair tonight see/freer VTwo CENTS AH
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iiiitii hilarity up
i MERCHANI MARINE 0N flllllit AND BtltilllM
REPORliDlAllENim.
; Congregation
Increase Program and Says‘
it is Constructive and Progres-i Off BERMUDA,
sive i 5
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i \vAsiiixtr'rox. li‘eh Io. Secretary;
litttiiels of the \rriy defended the Ad .
ministration Naval increase prograiiii
and advocated immediate building up
of an adequate merchant marine int
,a speech here today before a session
iof the t'hainber oi‘ t‘ornmci’ce of tile
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South Ilorvvallt
Church and
Berkeley Street Chapel llear
Miss Ilollingsivorth With Much
Pleasure
Defends the Administration Navay
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Miss tiladys llollitigsworth. a \Nt‘il'
British Warship Drake Said to’tnwn we aw lad-\- a... «M
or of Mrs t'harles It itogers. ot
llave Won Three Ilour Battle
Morgan tin-nut, was the spcakt r last
evening at it tery interesting address
‘—_ given iii the lierlteley Street t‘hapcl.
before .i gtmd sired ‘dudll'lltt‘ Miss
1l'nitcd States. deiotcti to discussion llollingswort‘ is connectcl with the
,ut' natimml tireiittt‘mtth-->s l c ANIMEN .Auiizrtcan mm .\id Stit'it‘llY, and lli'i‘
"We cart no longer live urith our .address his. night. on tho present
selves." said My [mun-Is "(in out condition. .n France and Ilelgitiui.
forms we grow more than the ltepub
hi; can cottsuiiie We must feed much
tof lllt' world. \\'i' hate the right, also,
{to have a large share in clotlrtiig lllt I
.w‘orld and supplying people in meri
’ A180 CiPllllIlll I
was prestntivtl iii behalf of that or»
which has done a great‘
deal oi work iii the war stricken
countries oi Europe. Belgium and
France lll particular. having received
aid from the society
gaitizat ion.
Code Message Received in New;
in our mills- and factories lIut how. _ _ _
‘t'alt We lill ottr larger mission" Whirl. Will Not Conlll‘lllell I" "IMI'ton;
Mrs-s IIolhtrgsworth's let'ltii'e was it
Iiistt'ated with steroopicori slides or.
‘uvails‘ teeming hurwsls and large ‘pit'ttires fished by herself in the war
rot ctior in factories without ‘ltit‘ . . . i .
In in t _ . _‘ ‘ .\’lv‘\\‘ “m” H“ “I “up” n. "'"”.“ sopi. o. them at the front ll
'quatc and reasonable water transpor iv ‘1 l . 1 ti ‘ H ‘t‘ Sp“. mm,” 4 quarter of a mile of
tation" The securing of an lttlt‘tlllttlt‘ "" “‘ H‘n‘ usher in re or ”W (tvrmm ”ms. rv ”.l .
niari armed cruiser lloori, alleged to be. ' ' MB " I ( u“ ‘\
merchant Marine is a pressing prob
. were taken ill the item , -.
the capttrrer oi the Apparn. has been: duh to “mm
Inn, and it is so llt'tl up With the cit . . Miss Ilollrtuzswortli had a pass given
largiiig and strengthening of our navy ‘l'i‘iP-illiltrm-lififir”tip 31:11:’{L‘l'limgth‘l‘"u‘fizl‘l’;i to her by ti..- French spend”). of i
that the two cannot be \I'lsvli' Willi!“ .' ‘ ‘ A . I “ ‘\\‘ar l'ictorcs f’ tht var ' --
rm”, ‘lllllx’s east, northeast of licrmuda. i ' 0 t ‘ ions hm '
‘pitals. and the conditions existing in
those institutions today, were also
shown. and Miss llolliiigswoi'tli's talk
was irt connection wltlr the pictures
The capture of the ltoori is said to
have been followed by the sci/.ure of
two rrrerchanirrieir which were llying5
"'l‘he trawl program offered by the
‘.\dtiiirristrzttioii is a constructive. pro
grossive one, and it built according
y A V\ I I- t y >\
.to the continuous‘hwyear prograrn- {PL (7“‘.:l'l"'.‘:"‘ "“3" “”‘l “m ”1 “Md“ The. Anierrtan (lirls' Aid Society
‘tlie continuing prograrirever proposed '11“: 9‘; ‘ ‘ “u -t . tl _ V has done much relief work in llllr
by art titllllllllSli‘itllllll“ll will give us ‘ ”l "a“ “n” m “L “ ”I” section. and ret-eivcd the highcst
titre cann- in code from liertritttia from - .
. ,. . .- ir'trse Irorti Miss llollin'sworth.
a private source lhe message is as} ' 1‘ dur
follows-W .lllI: her lt‘t‘ltlrti
.. . i At I i‘Ii~l
Ilrake here today. towing ltoorr H” ‘
by the year litL’l thirty-three capital
ships of the first litre, arid twenty-five
battleships of the second‘line with
yesterday afternoon
leli armored cruisers los destrovers \iius Iltillilii'tittil'll] H 1.. I -' i 1
‘ , ‘ . , . ,, q ‘ . . r .. .. .tou itiort lllt
or iii strlitriiirines and smaller crait [Wk “PT —“" knots cast. “0““th Woman‘s \ssot-Iatlon of the dowrr
» - .. liermuda. three hours iuriiiitig tight.. . t . ,.
lll proportion :1 ) I I“ f H 4" ‘ .. _ . town tortgrcgatlonal clrtircip “H. at
Mr lianiels declared himself to be “‘5 ‘1‘; or L ‘ la} it.” . m‘”; ‘H‘r‘ fair was lllt‘ monthly luncheon "f lito‘
a disciple of Benjamin Franklin on 103”” (l ‘3‘" 04!”:‘mr‘ [struck “3‘ ,“"'association The attendance w'asi
”“9 question 0f preparedness. “ng tame a mini. no Hit N iantirieri \vitli “mm and ”HM present “MUM.“ deep i
--tna11lit‘l', one armed. ’i‘ook both. llronght
hot-e. Segrave on sighting Roon said.
‘l’loasp god, today i ,will “avenge
.(‘radockfl‘ lt‘ooii badly 'kiiot'ked'ttbout
philosopher-statesrnan declared
there never was it good war nor a
bad peace," but he dltl morc'to pre~
pare for the impending revolution
tly the timely information which Mlss'
lHoIIingsn-nrth c strikingly set forth.
i'l‘he speaker's first-hand experiences
:enabletl her to create a deep impress
i __ ' . t -i ‘ ' i. - . . - .
:ihan airy other man. he said. ".\0, He J.‘-.k9:lilrl.\uti:\(:, [9“in 3“”,9 ‘1" ion on her hearers. The luncheon.
.nran In the Revolutionary period coiiltii. ma! “5 ‘ um; "1‘ ‘1} ‘1‘1i'{"‘§-‘ ‘ . pron-ti another piousanl routuro 0;.
lb“ preferred before him in preparavi ‘9 tgravt ”“n “m“ " l‘“ 1“” . lift gathering of the lllll‘i'llO’lll.
lions for defense. llis achievements:“m" is suppoitcd‘to h" (‘apturri S“ .
for pl'ppurpdnoss may “7,.” be 1.mldwuigrave. who was with Admiral t'radock
b." lite [ietililt‘ of this tltl)’ :Iiltl th‘licr-1 “he“ ”'9 latter went down it‘llli h'“
CHINESE flllICES ' ‘
lation, glhigship, the tiood llope. which wris‘i
‘ >_.___-_v__ ‘surik iii an engagement with a (ler' i
4 irrittn squadron off (,‘hile, Klll 300 REBflSI
I ‘ There is no Uarrfortlt among the ‘
IGNIIION IROUBI-E AI [officers in the British ritivy list ‘
‘ l (‘aptain .lolrii it. Segravc was Ill ”‘—
cornmund of the auxiliary ('l'lll.)l‘i' S.\.\' FRANI‘h‘i‘O, Mb. to, (Joint
i
[Asr SIDE PLAN-[itiraiir‘a which formed part of -\dllllf"§(irnlnpn‘ force-I in Yunnan prov-mp,“
lal (radoelts squadron lll thc iiattleitghmm defeated Jpvulutinnary troops
._ off (‘hr‘l‘o raid-r the battle the (trains in n battlc yvstorduy during which
n , ' 'escape an ater. in company \vltlt'300 "the” were killed and unit cap-
, “It “‘"m of im“”‘“"" “‘r‘i‘“ 1”") tho cruisers Glasgow anti Kent. sanlri turcd, accordlnlr to a dispatch .i'rorn
the past three riroiitlis 'll the Easti” . -. . . .
. , , ‘ re (‘ermrn cruiser I)re.den on Jim“ i .v . - - .
thorwnlk Electric “orbs. under the I ‘ x {.222}: (iiiiililiiuiit-wslifttiftii‘dm b" u”
rrranageinent of Superintendent it . .. I " . ‘
(i. Macy. became ““0”“le “N. ((‘onirnued front l‘lllh Page.) - The dispatth stated that tlrert had
{been almost continuous fighting in
Sze-(‘ltuen l'rovincc for several weeks
i with the revolutionary force victorious
night. tllll‘ to a serious accident with;
Iht" ignition system of the plant. 3
. To forestall a repetition of this and}
‘ . , . v ,
lsirnilar troubles in ”W past. 1‘ ““WIGREAI INCREASE IN Boy linslum-ix“(in[filigfli‘iinmlnl.~litiw' 'rr
iand improved type of ignition has. . I bllA. tuft.- . ‘ "f qédfut .n i'rilv-
‘been ordered and will be installed‘ ”19 301”“ In till“ 0 .. t' Ill" (
within the next few tlavs. ince, has con captured by the Yun-
i
't‘ul mnnipulaton that the service was _ ireceived Iierc todtl.“
ibeert repaired sufficient to git-o Sill-i . . ' along the Yangtsc Kiting by the rebels
tng Courses in Colleges a Feature
_._ _______.__ __ S7e'Chucn, a western province ot
..
\VASHIXGTON, Feb. to. —.\n ml Fu. which the rebels took shortly at-
day at the annual rimming 0y ”1,. Nfl'l an important salt inarkct.‘ Two
it was only through the iiitist skill- lltttl'l revolutiotiists. according to word
{resumed after a “shirt down" of about i i The . report of the , caplurle "lo:
'tivc minutes. T1". system hits Ho‘i‘EllllcallDll nepanmeflt and train- Lueliow Itidlttttts progrtss “es \\.rt
l
~isfactorv‘service again pending re i .of Yunnan Province. who some time
l‘ccipt of the new mechanism. ‘ raga crossed the northern border into
. of ’ , .
I , the Year S 6"th China bordering on Tibet.
IMORE supply PlAN'I's ‘ m i Lticlrow is fifty miles west of Sin
‘ l . . t -.
{crease of tit ppr 0pm. in irienibersliip' ter they entered bze-thucn. and is a
. SE] 0" H [‘during the last year was announced iii-.S‘lli' 0f about 100.00“ DOWIBUOIL ll
‘ is
i R Etional (‘ouncii of Boy Scouts of Amer-l missionary ““110“ 2”" there, one "1
___________ ‘ica. The increase to i..\'2l.ti2‘_’ boys‘ the China inland Missions. establish‘
and scout masters. made the year thei‘Id in 1890' “'“h three missionaries.
and one. of the Methodist Church ii1
I CHICAGO F91" 10"“ sevenstoi'yinms‘ prosperous in the six years‘ his! . . .
Among ‘h..:(‘anada. with five miss-nonarlos. All
i . ~ - . c . n .t .
lbill'ldlng‘lil.lllt‘vll‘otlll side rnanniac .01.). of the movement. . .
‘tnrrng district wasburned. last 1"g“-,signifi(-arit items of ”n. cliief scout reports from the disturbed SGCllOn.‘
together with $1-0,000 worth of “p“executive's reports “.9“. that Smutlhave indicated that the rebels were
plies designed _for the most part {Urltroops had been organized in alnlosliliol molesting foreigners.
tir'rers. _
placed at $60,000.
warring nations of Europe. The...‘.er‘. church denoinin . ...._.._.._. ——
. . . . . ation in the,
building was occupied by A. Ortrnayer country. that 3,480 troops met in? i
5‘ 5"“ “hm“sak’isaddlery ma'mmc‘ Churches and 3.000 troops met S[YMOUR "PERA HOUSE
. i
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The loss 0“ the burldirrg “abischool burldings, arrnoi-ies arid com:
' _ ._ rrrurrity institutions. arid tltat the
A le-SIOI‘.‘ Billlfllll'fi adjoining ”Wilmi? scout toasters iticlutied clergy-l
saddlery optimally building. oc‘cupied men. physicians. lawyers. teachers
by the “Ron bpice (WW-"my, wasiand other professional inert. alL or
damaged to the extent of $20,000. high character. ‘
”fl. The membership shows that there
'LOSE JAPANESE NATIONALITY. iis one boy scout in every 453 of pop-
TOKIO. Feb. 9, 10:15 a. m.—-'riio:“‘f‘”.°" “‘. New "0”“ 0““ “1 9””
Government has introduced in‘ the!ifgrxnm?e“’0ngmi':e§§90?: 621,331.23
liiet an amenmim‘mll0 the. “tailonmplonc' in 3.08 in Connecticut: one admitted at about 315'000‘ partially COV-
“3 Ila“, permitting ‘treiexpatrao‘iipq 470 in Pennsylvania; one in 302 mered by insurance.
Japanese 0.”) m oregn C(nu-”1wiMassachusetts: one in 17" in l‘talil The hotel was a four-story frame
and strpu atmg that such exptitrration ~ ' -t tructtirc and was filled with guests.
- _|and one in 297 in the District of‘ Col-25 .
ifiiltg'lves’l‘l‘r‘ele 313:;(Eliciiltmfxt‘ri‘ifisirlgs'[01:1 umbia. btrt all so far as learned got otrt safer
. . a » . Among the features reported were: ly, although some of them lost some
fizgflhffiiohiiiilt‘ymbfoilfilitirelirrniiiiegii g: A department of education providedi‘" their personal belongings.I d .
lapanese parents in America by two special gifts; training coir-ruesI The fire started. It "‘ eleve m
‘ . 4 ' in several universities and colleges; ”‘9 basement 0‘ the opera house.
budgets provided In forty cities anti a '"”
library department concerned wltai
the influence of books on boys. NEW LONDON. I-‘eb. tor-Gambling
Late today President Wilson will paraphernalia valued at from $4,000
receive the members of the .Vatlorral to $5.000 gathered In the recent state
Council at the White House and.pollce raid, was destroyed yesterday.
speak to them of his high regard fort A huge bonfire was made of easily
the work they are doing.
iNllilliil BURNED}
SEYMOUR. Feb. 10.—~The Seymour
! Opera House was burned tothe ground
land the Windsor Hotel adjoining.
lbadly damaged by fire. smoke and
water early today. The loss is esti-
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ELECTION IN BUENOS AIRES.
BU-ENOS AIRES. Feb. i0.——An. of‘
finial decree has been issued convok-
'Ing the electors of the fourteen prov-
‘ln‘ces on April 2 of the present Year
ifor the election of a president and of
a vice-president of the Republic.
1
GAMBLING DEVICES BURNED.
roulette wheels and other apparatus.
CIII’S RAiINt
COMPARED WITH:
H08P|llll illilSé
\ 1
Expert Cohen llas Financial Rating?
of Every Citizen And Will Com-i
pare it With His or Iler Hospital.
Contribution I
Still INSI’iClilt llSlltll
iii iosiiiit trittiitr
letters Being Sent Out—Mr.1
Cohen Expects Much Money as
Result of the 10,000 Circulars;
How much money have you coir-
ti‘lbult‘tl to the support of tin: .\or-.
walit Hospital in comparison with
)our financial resources?
This is something that hours .I
t‘ohcit. social worker :tctiiely engagr
ed in rejuvtiiating the Norwalk lins-
pital. is going to Iirrd out about ci‘cl')‘
cum-ii of this city.
Mr t‘oheti has already prepared a
list of names oi local residents. Up
prisilt- each name will appear the
owner's llnancgl rating tippositn
each financial rating will .tpptrtr ihc
(Continued on Twelfth Page.)
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ii iii flilt iiiiiii
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One of the Best Bands in the State
to (live Concert—Violin and
Vocal Solos Will lie Rendered
n,—
'Iorttgnt s entertainment at the l'n-
cas Tribeei'tmerican lland fair. in
Music lltill. promises to exceed in
interest the programes presented
heretofore. as excellent and worth
while as they have proven.
One of the finest hands in the static,
tirade tip of 2t; very capable nitisi
clans. will give a concert from Kid'l
to 0:30. This is the Coast Artillery
Hand, of Bridgeport. which makes ‘1
trerirendotis lift at all its public ap
pear'anccs. This treat alone would be
worthy of attendance.
Charles Sterling. .\'orwallt's very
talented violinist, will render several
violin solos tonight. Vocal selections
will be given by Mrs. William t‘rtrig.
.lr.. antl George II. Hirst. There \vill‘
be dancing. and other diversions
So far the fair is a success. The
prettily dccorated booths are lilier»
ally patronized. their stock of useful
and attractive articles finding ready
sales.
Last night The ltalian Serenaders
pleased a large attendance. interest»
ing vocal selections. warmly applaud-
ed were rendered by George H.
Hirst. A feature was the excellent
piano selections by Miss Alice Lynch.
Tomorrow evening George Finklc-
stone, as a special favor, will make
his appearance as an entertainer at
the fair. Although Mr. Finklestonc
has given up‘ltis stage work. and is
studying law. he has expressed his
willingness to appear tomorrow night.
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i MARSHALL WOULD RUN AGAIN.
AllEGED MURDERERS i PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 10.~Vice-
,Presiderrt Marshall is Willing to run port.“
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WINSTED. Feb. 10.-A hearing ortl
the demurrer by the State to the mo:
tion for a new trial matte by counsel;
for Isaac N. Williams. of Bridgeport.;
and Harry E. Roe of Poughkeepsie. X;
Y.. under sentence of death for tho
murder at iiarltiianrsted In November.
19”, of County (‘onrmlssioner Hubert
B. Case. was held in te Superior
Court today before Judge Howard J.
Curtis. l
The moion was made for a new tr-inli
on the ground of newly discovered
evidence . It is asserted that Norman man Jiolding office/should be riding
Morey. a witness for the state at the around or running around requesting
trial gave false testimony and that.
Morey, who was in the county jail at
Litchfield with Williams.
nor: on parole from the I ate prison. for him. but If petitions are flied lot
him, he certainly will not repudlnto‘
has stated that testimony he gave Hi
the trial was not true.
GERMANS till
IRiNtIIEST
N0lIlHWE8l 0i VlMY
iiiifiiiiiiiiiiw
0f iiiiiits iiiiiiii
Carmalt Says He Was tlumfounded
When Brandeis Conceded Con-'
tention Railroads Should llave
More Money
\\A5ill.\‘ti'l‘t).\'. belt to .lktillt'F
\t' t‘aruiait. t'lllt‘l extiriririt-r of the lil
ltl"lil'tt‘ t'orniriei'cc t‘omniissioii, be
fore the Senate sub-toniniittie intes-
tigattng the nomination of Louis ll
lirarideis to lllt‘ Supreme t‘ourt bencn
today challenged the declaration or
t‘lrfford 'l‘horne, chairman of the Iowa
Railroad t‘onimission, that Mr. Brati-
deis had concealed from him the at
tirade he would take in arguing the
casterri freight rate case before the
t‘onrrriission.
Yesterday Mr, 'l‘horne. wlro was as
sociated with Mr iirutitleis in the
trial at the rate case for shippers and
the commission. declared he war.
‘.iurnblouiided" when lirandeis at the
outset oi his closing argument con
ceded the contention of the railroads
that existing rate returns were inurlo
quote for the prosperity of the roads
and the best interests the public
“There is one intident firmly fixed
in my mind.“ said Mr (‘arrnalt. "re
gardlng a conversation Mr. Thorne
and with lllt' on the second day of the
argument in the rate case. Mr.
'lnornc. I understand. stated that
when the coniiirlasion fixed the alltn
merit of time for attorneys to argui-
the case. he had asked the privilege
of being permitted to follow counsel
for the shippers instead of opening
the argument.
(Continued on Third Page.)
CLERK CARRIER EXAMINATION
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
()rt"~.Satirrtlrt_v of this week. monthly
at 8:30 o‘clock. a special clerk-carrier
examination will be held in the cotin
cil chamber of the city hall. on North
Main street. For the llf‘llt'lll or those
applicants contemplating taking the
"exams" Secretary A. Daniel Key-
worth furnishes the following inform—
ation:
“(‘oncerning the requirement that
cacti candidate for a civil service ex»
amination. except for rural carrier
and fourth-class postmaster, shrill fur
nisli a photograph of himself on the
date of the examination. taken within
two years. the Commission further
directs that henceforth such photo-
graphs mtist be presented at the time
the examination begins. or in lieu
thereof. that positive assurance be
given that the photograph will be
furnished immediately after the com
pctitor completes his examination.
and prior to the time the papers are
ready for shipment to tire commis
sion. 'l‘intypes anti proofs should no
be accepted."
"lnouiries received at this office in
dicatc that there are members of
boards of cxattriners in this district
who do not understand that applica-
tions for clcr~carricr and all other
educational cxairiinatiorrs are now
issued 1‘!) to the time the, examina
tions for clerk-carrier and all other
person reporting for an examination
before it begins. who has not re-
ceived specific authority to take it, is.
to be admitted thereto provided there
are sufficient papers on hand after all
authorized candidates have first been
‘taken care of."
for a second term according to a let-
ter tirade public here today by Post-
master Frank S. Myers. 01’ Portland.
from Mark Thistlewaite. secretary to
the vice-president. "
Mr. Myers wrote the vice;president
sortie time ago. asking if he would
permit the use of his name on the
Oregon-primary ballot. Mr. Thistle
waite's letter says:
“Replying tofyour letter. I am say
ing that the. vice-president will glad
ly accept rcnominatiorr if the Demo
crafts want to renominate him, and
that he will gladly retire to private
life it they do not; that the vice-prealr
deal. is unwilling to seek rcnomina-
tlon, anti that he does not think a
Democrats to vote for him again.
Trench Troops Meet With
‘ Reverses in the Artols
Region-Thousands oiGer-
mans Killed in Recent
Battles-Serious Damage
to Armament Factory ll
Bohemia ‘
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' The capture from the French
j‘of a large section of trench north-
:west of Vimy. in the Artois re.
gion. was announced by German
‘army headquarter". today in Ber.
‘lin. A Phine crater near Ncuvillc,
gin the same sector, was re-taken.
South of the Somme the French
.gained a foothold in a small part'
'of one of the German first line
trenches.
The Amsterdam Courant state! ‘
that the Prussian casualty list:
numbered 420 to 429 show 19,33;
dead, wounded and missing, and
Prussian lists numbered 430 to
439 show 18,349 dead. wounded
and missing. The total Prussian
tlosses are computed by this news-
.paper as 2t377,378. The German
imilitarv losses include also 335
lists of casualties of Wurttem-
"burg forces, 247 Bavarian list,
248 Saxon lists. sixty navy lists,
and some. lists concerning Ger-
tman officers and non-commissiona
Eed officers in the Turkish service;
according to the Courant.
The establishment of a closer
and more fruitful collaboration
,betwcen the Allies was indicated
yesterday by Aristide Briand. the
:French Premier, as the chief pur»
,pose of his visit to Italy.
. “I undertake this iournev with
ithe greatest confidenCc." said
:M. Briand to the Paris correspona
‘ldent of the Corricre Della Sera of .
Milan. before he took the trail!.
'for Italy. “I feel certain that I
shall gain from your statesmen,
{who have given support in carry:
ing out the task of establishing
among the Allies a closer and
‘more fruitful collaboration."
‘ A disatch from Bucharest to
the Balkan Agency in Paris,
Iwhich was delayed for five days,
states that the damage to the
.Skoda armament factory in B04
themia. was more. serious than at
;first announced. Rumanian of-
1ficial circles, the dispatch says,
.have received confirmation from'
.Vienna of the destruction of all
the cannon which were in course
.of manufacture. as well as all the
tplans and drawings in the
3draughting office. The dead
inum-ber nearly 300. andseveral
hundred were injured by the ex-
plosion which caused the disaster
.and which is said to have been
ithe work of criminals who em-
ployed melinite for the purpose.
-Tbe dispatch adds that the Aus-
ttrian military censorship has pro-
thibited the publication of news
iof the disaster in Austria-Hun-
Lgary.
The government of Spain is
about to make Barcelona a free
I Barcelona. in Northeastern
Spain. is the principal port of en-
try of that countryjon the Medit-
‘erranean. Almost one-fourth of
iSpain‘s foreign commerce passes
[through Barcelona. which is ex-
.ceeded only by Cadiz in the vol-
iurn'e of this business. In the
year 1910. 1,662 steamships of
2,463,000 tons‘ burden, entered.
this port, exclusive of coastwise
steamers. The principal impo—u
are coal. grain and cotton. The
chief exports are‘hvine, oil and
cork.
Cardinal Mercicr escort; to
leave Rome for Belgium next
“The vice-president could not bringlmk and will follow the “'1.
nd who is himself to Rilk anyone to tile petitions,
the action."
route through Switzerland by
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